GE071 Principles of Petrology

Faculty of Science
Spring 2007
Extent and Intensity
2/1. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
doc. RNDr. Jindřich Štelcl, CSc. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. RNDr. Rostislav Melichar, Dr.
Department of Geological Sciences – Earth Sciences Section – Faculty of Science
Contact Person: Běla Hrbková
Prerequisites
Passing through the course GE061.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 12 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/12, only registered: 0/12, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/12
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
Petrology, position of petrology in natural sciences. Rocks and minerals, classification of rocks in the Earth,s crust, fundamental properties of rocks. Field, laboratory and experimental methods of rocks study. Rocks in the litosphere and space.
Origin of ifneous rocks. Mineralogical composition of igneous rocks. Igneous fabrics. Descriptive petrology of essential types of igneous rocks.
Sediments and their significance. Origin of sedimentary rocks. Composition and texture of sedimentary rocks. Classification and description of sedimentary rocks.
Metamorphism and metamorphic rocks. Geological and petrological criteria for metamorphic processes. Characteristics of the mineralogical composition and fabric of the metamorphic rocks. Main products of the contact and regional metamorphism.
Syllabus
  • Petrology, position of petrology in natural sciences. Rocks and minerals, classification of rocks in the Earth,s crust, fundamental properties of rocks. Field, laboratory and experimental methods of rocks study. Rocks in the litosphere and space.
  • Characterization and classification of igneous rocks. Chemical composition of igneous rocks. Magma and igneous crystallization. Physical character of the magma and magma geochemistry. Experimentally investigated magmatic systems. Magmatic crystallization and differentiation. Crystallization diagrams. Nomenclature and classification of igneous rocks. Mineralogical composition of igneous rocks. Igneous fabrics. Descriptive petrology of basic types of igneous rocks.
  • Sediments and their significance, general resources of the material, the occurrence of sedimentary rocks. The origin of sedimentary rocks: weathering processes, (mechanical and chemical degradation of rocks, transport (motion of the transportation environment, grain flows, water transport, eolian transport, glacial and gravitational processes). Sedimentation, main types of the sedimentation. Diagenesis of sediments.
  • Composition, textures and structures of sedimentary rocks. Classification and description of sedimentary rocks.
  • Metamorphism and metamorphic rocks. Geological and petrological criteria for metamorphic processes. Physical and geochemical conditions of metamorphic processes. Conditions of metamorphism. Contact and regional metamorphism. Metamorphic facies. Characteristics of the mineralogical composition and fabric of the metamorphic rocks. Products of the contact and regional metamorphism.
Literature
  • KRIST, Ernest and Michal KRIVÝ. Petrológia. 1. vyd. Bratislava: Alfa, vydavateľstvo technickej a ekonomickej literatúry, 1985, 461 s. info
  • HEJTMAN, Bohuslav. Petrografie. Vyd. 3., opr. Praha: SNTL - Nakladatelství technické literatury, 1981, 261 s. URL info
  • ZIMÁK, Jiří. Mineralogie a petrografie. 3. vyd. Olomouc: Univerzita Palackého, Přírodovědecká fakulta, 1998, 226 s. ISBN 8070678569. info
  • ŠAJGALÍK, Ján. Geológia. 1. vyd. Bratislava: Alfa, vydavateľstvo technickej a ekonomickej literatúry, 1986, 563 s. info
  • HEJTMAN, Bohuslav. Všeobecná petrografie vyvřelých hornin. 1. vyd. Praha: Nakladatelství Československé akademie věd, 1956, 371 s. URL info
  • HEJTMAN, Bohuslav. Systematická petrografie vyvřelých hornin. 1. vyd. Praha: Nakladatelství Československé akademie věd, 1957, 363 s. info
  • SKOČEK, Vladimír. Petrologie sedimentů. Praha: Univerzita Karlova, 1993, 130 s. info
  • HEJTMAN, Bohuslav. Petrografie metamorfovaných hornin. Vyd. 1. Praha: Nakladatelství Československé akademie věd, 1962, 538 s. URL info
  • SUK, Miloš. Petrologie metamorfovaných hornin. 1. vyd. Praha: Academia, 1979, 255 s. URL info
Assessment methods (in Czech)
Výuka probíhá formou přednášek a cvičení, na nichž jsou posluchačům demonstrovány vzorky hlavních typů magmatických, sedimentárních a metamorfovaných hornin. Podmínkou získání zápočtu je minimálně 80% účast na cvičeních. Zkouška probíhá ústní formou a její součástí je praktické určování horninových vzorků.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2008 - for the purpose of the accreditation, Spring 2003.
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